North Star on the Great Loop Journey: South Carolina

Preparing for the trip

Captain Jerry has been making the final preparations to North Star, our 32 foot Cape Island down east trawler. We are anxious to leave our landlubber lives behind and begin our long awaited journey around the Great Circle. Join us as we travel 10, 000 kilometers: through the historic Trent Severn Waterway; the pristine waters of Georgian Bay; the North Channel of lake Huron; and hop from beach to beach on lake Michigan. We will visit Chicago and begin our trek along the rivers: Illinois; upper Mississippi; Ohio; Cumberland: Tennessee; Tenn-Tom Waterway and the Black Warrior. We will have transited through 68 locks at this juncture. We have chosen the inner route from Mobile Alabama to Tarpon Springs Florida and the shorter Ocheechobee Waterway to reach the East coast of Florida. We will skip over to the Bahamas to wait out the winter before heading North on the Atlantic Inter Coastal Waterway.
The 10 years of researching and planning are finally at an end and we invite you to come along on our adventure.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

South Carolina

South Carolina across the Savannah River

We are travelling 6 hours a day and making good time. We crossed into South Carolina today and are tied up to a free dock at Daufuskie Island, just past the Savannah River. There is a restaurant here called Marshland Mama that is supposed to be open but it is not. The locals tell us that the opening is sporadic at best. The dock says no overnight docking but apparently it is not enforced.
We actually went through a town today, Thunderbolt. We are seeing signs of civilization after 3 days of travel through marshland and mud flats. We had a lovely sunset and sunrise at last night's anchorage on Walburg Creek.
We will carry on to Beaufort tomorrow where we will reprovision and stay at a free dock.